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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11614
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14893
13 Actual Demand 11297
14 Aggregate Planning 12344
15 Air Cargo 10244
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6749
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35009
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15423
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19436
20 Assembly Line 22788
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23133
22 Average Speed of Answer 26663
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23352
24 Batch Production 38715
25 Bill Discounting 14697
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11380
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7249
28 Blanket Release 10139
29 Bonded Warehouse 10169
30 Booking Number 13993
31 Bottleneck 9677
32 Buffer Stock 59617
33 Build to Stock 13128
34 Bullwhip Effect 9819
35 Business Logistics 26001
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12684
37 Capacity Management 41040
38 Capacity Utilization 14263
39 Capital Intensive 8561
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8913
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12261
42 Certified Supplier 9051
43 Channel Effectiveness 9032
44 Co-Destiny 9415
45 Co-managed Inventory 12697
46 Co-Packers 11895
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6995
48 Computer-Based Training 7782
49 Consular Invoice 19983
50 Container Depot 10705
51 Container Freight Station 10360
52 Continuous Replenishment 19693
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12194
54 Contract Carrier 7385
55 Contract of Affreightment 11525
56 Control Charts 8047
57 Cost Flow 10391
58 Courier Service 15389
59 CPFR 8320
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11916
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44470
62 Date Code 18498
63 Days of Supply 19990
64 Dead on Arrival 9473
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8232
67 Detective Control 9023
68 Devanning 14327
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11090
70 Dispatching 24765
71 Distributed Inventory 8456
72 Distribution Channel Management 35091
73 Distribution Metrics 9291
74 Distribution Planning 24356
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15392
76 Double Marginalization 52981
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22538
78 Dual 5511
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20745
80 Echelon Inventory 26389
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38419
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50108
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25692
85 Engineer-to-Order 31943
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16757
87 Erlang B Formula 9457
88 ETD 8428
89 Ex Works 7920
90 Exception Rate 13652
91 Exponential smoothing 9923
92 External Growth 10203
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10911
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8943
97 Fishbone Diagram 14737
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27286
99 Flow Through Distribution 12450
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8305
101 FOB Destination 13192
102 Forward buying 30388
103 Freight Charge 10509
104 Freight Consolidation 7614
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11881
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29745
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12813
109 Hub 23593
110 Idle Time 8162
 
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